JIG Meeting Transcript 06 July 2010 - GNSO - icann

ICANN Moderator: Gisella

ICANN Moderator: Gisella Gruber-White 07-06-10/7:00 am CT Confirmation # 3015150 Page 10 applicability of the ccTLD rules and then the practices, and the gTLD, new gTLD, rules and practices as well and for all that that distinguishes it. Sorry. Edmon Chung: Okay, cool. So, yeah, I think we have another items that we should consider. (Joan)? (Joan): Also I wanted to mention that there was mention of the difference between an ASCII single character and an IDN single character. Edmon Chung: Sorry, I didn’t quite get that, so... (Joan): That there’s a difference between, I mean, when we say single characters and ASCII single characters are different from an IDN single character. Edmon Chung: Okay. That’s so an ASCII and an IDN difference, so and I guess I’m not sure how to describe it as an item. (Joan): I didn’t mean to, I mean, act as a separate items, but I was - I’m just mentioning this I think because I would like it to be discussed at this point. Edmon Chung: Oh, okay. Cool. So, basically, not really adding as an item, but as... (Joan): Right. Edmon Chung: ...but pretty much a statement within the document so that people understand that there’s a, you know, a difference, right? (Joan): Right. Edmon Chung: Okay, so okay. Cool. Avri: This is Avri. I thought in some way that was already there, but it’s good to mention it. But I think the issue that we have on that one is when the IDN

ICANN Moderator: Gisella Gruber-White 07-06-10/7:00 am CT Confirmation # 3015150 Page 11 single-character looks like an ASCII single character. You know, so that’s really where we have our main issue there. Edmon Chung: Right, and that was Item Number 1? Avri: Exactly. So you may just need to expand, you know, in that Item Number 1 include a sentence, you know, “Albeit that IDN single characters are different than ASCII single characters,” et cetera. Edmon Chung: Okay. Avri: I don’t have the text in front of me at the moment. Edmon Chung: Okay. Cool. Any other suggestions of items to include? Okay, in that case, I guess we - did somebody want to speak? Oh, that was my echo. Okay, so let’s go on to the preliminary viewpoints. These are viewpoints that were, again, those four items were discussed. And there were a number of viewpoints that were expressed during our Brussels meeting, so it was just really cataloging it. One of the key items, actually, throughout all four is, especially on the GNSO side, is whether the current new (GCLV) policies already take care of the - of those issues. And I think on the ccTLD side, also one of the key considerations, first of all, is whether the existing IDN ccTLD Fast Track policies and implementation already takes care of that particular issue. And then, of course, on the ccTLD side there’s also the ongoing IDN ccPDP. So on the Issue Number 1, which is the possible confusion with reserved single-character ASCII TLDs. So essentially, the based on the GNSO policy, well, because ASCII ccTLDs are not single character at this point, so that’s something separate. But on the GNSO part, there is the - there is a policy for not, well, reserving single-character ASCII strings.